"Our longstanding relationship with ASUS helps assure enterprises and research institutions of a tightly integrated serverboard designed to harness the full processing capabilities of the latest AMD Opteron 6100 processors," said Patrick Patla, vice president and general manager, Server and Embedded Divisions, AMD. "The KGPE-D16 is tailored for the requirements needed by end customers to succeed in ever more demanding computing environments."

now make that dual socket fx again lol cant they do it with the 6 cores phenoms or no?

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SKT 1207 was a 2 Way setup just like this unit here, Phenoms are 1 way Units, You would need an arbiter to run 2 way anymore. The Last Time you could use Desktop Parts in a Server board was the AMD SKT A CPUs, as they have a certain bridging on them that determined whether they were Desktop, Mobile or Server.

SKT 1207 was a 2 Way setup just like this unit here, Phenoms are 1 way Units, You would need an arbiter to run 2 way anymore. The Last Time you could use Desktop Parts in a Server board was the AMD SKT A CPUs, as they have a certain bridging on them that determined whether they were Desktop, Mobile or Server.

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yeah i figured i wish ASUS and AMD would team up to do it again i missed the boat the first time, here it is for those who havent seen it b4

now make that dual socket fx again lol cant they do it with the 6 cores phenoms or no?

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Well, the Quad FX platform was a little bit of a dud if I recall correctly. An Intel quad-core could outperform, or at the very least, keep up with it, and the Quad FX drank power, compared to the Intel quad. Not only that, but the motherboard was super-expensive, although it used regular DDR2 if you used an Athlon FX processor rather than an Opteron, so that saved a fair amount.
I think AMD's learned their lesson there, and will more than likely release a Phenom 12-core before they release another Quad FX, unless they can deliver the goods this time around. That's just my two-cents though, so could be I'm so completely mistaken that they're just about to announce Octo FX or Duodecim FX platform or sumat.

now make that dual socket fx again lol cant they do it with the 6 cores phenoms or no?

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hehe... I got a Dual Socket F board with an RS780 NB and SB750. Currently running 2x Istanbuls. 12 cores of crunchy goodness... BUT its due to be replaced soon by a G34 board and 2x 12 core Magnys if I meet the criteria for them.

hehe... I got a Dual Socket F board with an RS780 NB and SB750. Currently running 2x Istanbuls. 12 cores of crunchy goodness... BUT its due to be replaced soon by a G34 board and 2x 12 core Magnys if I meet the criteria for them.

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i hope they get together and make another badass board id go for it fast. especialy with wot they got today but yours sounds RARwsome!

@Kitkat:TechReport's conclusion: better off with IntelAnandtech conclusion: better off with Intel
Just two of the reviews of the many that say it's not as good as a single Intel Quad-core of its time. I wanted to find something more conclusive on TPU, but I couldn't find a result for Spider or Quad FX, so I guess W1zzard didn't get a review for it, unless I'm mistaken.
Don't get me wrong, Quad FX still seems awesome (and I was about to hit Buy It Now when I saw a cheap one on Ebay until I read up on power consumption), just seems like Intel had the upper hand, although buying a pair of AMD's finest for Quad FX cost you less than buying on Intel QX6800, but it was an expensive-ish platform.
I still maintain that if AMD's going to release another set of enthusiast grade of dual-CPU hardware, they'll do it when it's far better, rather than as a knee-jerk response to Intel's products.